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McDermott Will & Emery LLP Offices
340 MADISON AVENUE
NEW YORK, NY 10173-1922
NEW YORK
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Ms Alexandra Scheibe
Work Department
Financial Institutions
Position
Alexandra C. Scheibe is head of the Firm’s FinTech and Blockchain Practice. Alexandra is widely recognized in the blockchain and cryptocurrency industry. Alexandra focuses her practice on representing cryptocurrency and blockchain companies, as well as financial institutions and fintech companies in all aspects of regulatory and transaction matters in the fintech, blockchain and derivatives and structured finance markets. Alexandra is a recognized leader in the field of blockchain and cryptocurrency and focuses on first-of-their-kind structures and products and has a team that works with her on all crypto and regulatory issues.
Alexandra regularly advises cryptocurrency and blockchain companies on emerging federal and state regulatory issues. Alexandra’s practice also involves regulatory strategy and structuring and negotiating transactions involving blockchain and cryptocurrency companies, and has focused on the use and implementation of blockchain technology in platforms for derivatives, structured finance and securitization. Alexandra advises a wide range of market participants across multiple industries, including early-stage and established companies developing blockchain solutions, investors, foundations, exchanges, broker-dealers, private equity firms, family offices, mining companies consulting firms, on securities laws, commodities laws, state and federal money transmitter licensing and registration, payments, custody, SEC and CFTC regulatory inquiries, as well as on state and international regulation.
She also assists financial services firms and others in negotiating technology agreements for all types of services in light of the constantly evolving regulatory issues arising from the use of blockchain and other technologies. She has represented blockchain companies before the SEC, CFTC and various state banking regulators. She focuses on helping her clients develop novel products and business strategies and most recently had advised in token launch and issuance solutions, NFT structuring and NFT platform formation and compliance, payments solutions and money transmitter licensing and cryptocurrency product development.
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Finance > Fintech
(Firms to watch)McDermott Will & Emery LLP is a strong choice for cryptocurrency and blockchain matters, with Alexandra Scheibe leading the team out of New York and fellow partner Joe Evans considered a ‘go-to advisor for all things crypto‘.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Healthcare > Health insurers
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Media, technology and telecoms > Outsourcing
- Healthcare > Service providers
- Tax > US taxes: contentious
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
Firm Rankings
- Insurance > Advice to insurers
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Energy > Energy regulation: electric power
- Tax > Financial products
- Labor and employment > Immigration
- Tax > International tax
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market ($500m-999m)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Labor and employment > ERISA litigation
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Insurance > Insurance: non-contentious
- Labor and employment > Labor-management relations
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Intellectual property > Patents: prosecution (including re-examination and post-grant proceedings)
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- International Trade > Trade remedies and trade policy
- Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Antitrust > Cartel
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Finance > Structured finance: derivatives and structured products
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: large deals ($500m+)
- Real estate > Real estate
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Finance > Fintech
- Investment fund formation and management > Alternative/hedge funds
- Government > Government contracts